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Make a bunting stamp

I love bunting and I love making my own gift tags and I wanted to share a way of making your own simple stamp to decorate gift tags which I originally saw on pinterest. We seem to have a glut of pencils, the type with a rubber on the end.

I took one of these and, using a scalpel, cut three sides of the rubber away to leave a bunting shape.

This can then be used on an ink pad to create your own small garland of bunting on a piece of card.

how to mkae a bunting stamp from a pencil rubber

To finish, punch a hole in your gift tag and thread with colourful bakers’ twine or ribbon.

easy DIY bunting stamp

This is such a straight-forward craft and you probably have everything you need so it’s cheap too! If you don’t have an old pencil lying around you could also try this with a cork or even a potato for a larger triangular flag.

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    Faith Hope and Charity Shopping
    September 22, 2011 at 7:47 am

    I think I pinned that off Pinterest too! It is very effective.

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    Marilyn
    September 22, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Wow – so creative. I love it.. Found ya on hop/linky party, officially following with smiles.. Great blog you have here & I can’t wait to read more.. I’m Marilyn from – hope you can stop in sometime.. :)) TY

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    mummiafelice
    September 22, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    How fab is that!!! Great idea!!! Love it!

    Thanks so much for linking up to Handmade Thursday x

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    Sharon
    September 22, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    What a fab idea!!

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    emma tustian
    September 22, 2011 at 8:06 pm

    That’s a great idea…hops off to repin the idea!

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    Annie
    September 23, 2011 at 7:47 am

    Love it !

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    Wendy
    September 26, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    It’s a brilliant idea, and would be good to keep kids amused too x

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    Butterfly Blossom
    September 26, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    This is a brilliant idea that I never would have thought of doing – thank you so much for sharing!!

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    Adaliza
    September 26, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    Simple ideas are definitely the best. That really works – thanks for sharing it.

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    Jill
    September 26, 2011 at 11:57 pm

    This looks really good and I will definitely give it a try.

    Jill

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    redneedle
    September 27, 2011 at 9:16 am

    Ingenious use of the rubber pencil and a great effect – well done

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    Polly Polkadot
    September 27, 2011 at 11:34 am

    so simple and effective – Thanks!

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    Anna
    September 27, 2011 at 9:30 pm

    Genius! Thanks for sharing! Anna x

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    Jan @ Handcrafted by Picto
    September 29, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    A great idea and really effective, thank you for sharing.

    Jan x

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    abi hunter
    April 11, 2012 at 8:44 am

    great idea! i had a go myself and i loved the effect. I tried adding some string as well but i think maybe they work better on their own pictures here http://abimakes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/bunting-stamp.html

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      jenny
      April 11, 2012 at 2:35 pm

      Such a great little stamp! Thanks for visiting.

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